New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1887-08-01
THE BRUNHILDES LIVELY CRUISE.
MR.. PHELPS TELLS HIS EXPERIENCES

CHASED BY PIRATES RACE FROM JAPAN TO
'FRIsco-DINNEgs ALL AROUND TIE WORLD
Tvo years ago the trim schooner yacht Brunhilde.
it'll her gallant young captain and owner. five OF his
friends and crew consisting OF ten men before the
mast. two mates boatswan, two cooks and two
stewards sailed out OF New-fork Hareor tor trip
around the world. On Saturday the Brunbilde
anchored of Bay Ridge after one OF the longest and
most remarkable trips ever accomplished by yacht.
Her owner John j. Phelps. the eldest son OF Con-
gresham William Walter Phelps. haa eafeiy son-
u cted her around he world and as he stepped from
his yacht upon New-York soil once more he cast o
proud glance at the vessel that had carried BIN
through series Ut exciting adventures and at last
brought him safely home. After receiving the con-
CALCULATIONS OF his many friends he FASTENED to his
fathers counlry place at TeaDeck, two miles IRON
Englewood ~ j., and here lie was comfortably rest
ing when TRIBUNE reporter found him yesterday
afternoon
Tell you about the trip Why, cert inly p he ex-
claimed. @Let's see. We'll, I'll tell yop how we
came 20 go IN he first place. Ever since was old
enough 10 know the difference between carriage aud
a boat, have longed TO sail around The world. IL
has alweys been my sole ambition but never ex-
pected to realize it until shortly before started.
was graduated from Yale College some four years ago
with fine set of fellows. and after we had been out
of college of years six OF us decided to take
this trip IL was nv iuea, aud the rest vent as my
gpests The Brunhilde was built tor SPECIAL
ana was launched April 30 1888. On June 10 we
started for NexLondon to SEQ the college races NY
friends were A. +. Symngton, kier MITCHELL ii. IL.
Strong. Charles Ialsey and l. *. Iliiiard vi these
Mr ffIllard came back with me. The rest lett us Mt
different 7 laces along tie trip ahd LOT uurrrht
reasons but think that tue truth oil the mater sas
that tney didnt ~ant to sail around tie Horn mat
l. % feat that yacht has ever ioue oeiore NINE
believe, anu rhey never could quite make up Their
minds to 20 win Inc On ,n TACK came home w,th
Hiilard and myself.
We did not stay long at New-LonooD. Yale was
beaten that year, clesred out just as soon Ms
the races were over aud set SAIL Tor COwes, England,
which we reached in twvnty six days. ffcn there
we took little side trip 10 Lonjon, where had u
lutte trout WITH NY mates aud part OF the crew. l
had my papers captain. out The m tes thought they
cosld ran yacht TO suit themselves and paid little
attention 10 my orders. Ihs. sOrt thing bad to he
stopped. We then returned to Cowes. ana earl, IN
September st red tor the Med ranean Sea, having
done Boulogne, Cherbourg aud Paris. when Nc
struck the Bay of Bisc7y. we also struck. or we're
struck, by n rougd and violent storm. II was
the worst storm encountered, Tor our Jibboom
carried away aud the "1oie saen was swept
pretty clean. We lIi.d M ke gibraltar, but were
driven TO Cadiz, where we secured u new 1bbOom
But as there was clOlers there hen we went on,
We were auaraDuned at iaDgiers and six hours
we're given Ls ia y hrh to get out OF the harhor We
gst.' Then quarantiued for our days at
Oran in Africa. We hnallS landed ana saw the
Queer old places. Algiers. like small lit OF lars anc
B,ugie and Bona. When set sail tor Malta We
enc un irightiul sirrocco, which IL hot WIND
in which it Ia Impossible To bre the. IL Is like stand
ing on a smOke-stack while the not ciders are coming
up AMI tr,iag 10 breathe there
=. when we reached Cairo our party scatt -red, ana
took my gun and dog and TOOK TRIP w. the ME-
drl. and went up the Nile together IA dAhabeahs
Alter seeing Port ~a,d We went through the snez
Canal In early November and thea 80 the gardens
OF ismalis. IL then that met another lively
storm which tore away our Jib boom, towsPrit ara
toreopmast. We pat in at JIG elzukir Tor repairs
and enjoyed good en- pe sbootni ana salele hunting.
From there TO Perrin Island, where GoyernJr
Turner gave US "a reception an! dinner. From there
We went oy Aaen aud started Tor Bombay on Decem-
Der l2. At Socotra the chief gave US grand icasi
AMI We had great sport trading with the natives. l
remember traded red pariso ana an old sTotted
vest Tor three turtles. and necNte Tor a boat
of cucoanuts Our 0auo a OF great terror
to tue natives who would run every lime We touched
"A note.
pirates IL war "a cesr nj lht, but dark cloud came
up tor htesn mites, and when w. hr-t discovered
the pirates great black boat was close 20 wndward
OF MS, with ono solitary mar IN sighi, me next
minute the black deck was covered with bowling
crowd OF black devils. and 40 bad to run Tor H. II
was close chase aud Is Jarrow escape
Our stay at Bombay was series oil PARTIES balls
| receptions aad pcnics We had m minense time Tor
a month. We touched 10 Ceyion. spent three days nj
Penang aud ten DAYS nj Singapore. The French
= Puln Coudorc,"a pretty island, VS. next isitcd,
and ihen Hong Kong, where We lett tho yacht snd
went 20 Canton by steamer. Every where We went
v, had dinners and receptions gwen Tor our beneht
| and We had good time. 4 have alNnss wanted 10
ace a ;yphoon, tut ave got oil o,er that now We
cangh t one In going from Hong Kong to yokohama
From Yoke ANA raced tea clipper to san
Franc. co for a WAGER OF dinner aud beat her by
ton davs We came over IN thirty days. AZ frisco
Ne took the diploma tor Yacht dress ht th" Grand
Arm, rece lion. From there sailei down the
coast, enjoying dinner and receptions nj Monterey.
nonoInlu lilo. Hyta, and Juan Fernandez. where,
nv the way. we short OF piovisions ana
had TO get along peck o. potatoes aud huge
Goat We reach Nalpardso tor New-l Years Day
and after month we sailed around the Horn. Ne
| then visited Mont. ydeo. Buenoa Ayres. 40 SAINT
Lucia Mar Unique. Guadelonps. Mon. dominica, st.
Kits nta Cruz md ST. Ihcsnns. 10 the Bermudar.
" bich we lett the 2tin OF July. From there we
came straight home.
Svmin stca leit us at Hong Kong, Nit fhrll Mt
Yokohsana, Strong at Frisco and llasey at Cher
bo.6. $40
am going to clean the Brrnhil 10 up Tomorrow,
and tneD take her down to Nantucket, where shah
spend from one 10 three weeks with her'